The eccentric actor was held for questioning by cops on Thursday afternoon after a minor accident in Paris, which saw the burlyGreen Card star fall off his scooter and scrape his elbow. No one else was hurt in the accident.

When police arrived on the scene, Depardieu, 63, failed a sobriety test blowing a blood alcohol level of 1.8 grams per litre, nearly three times the French limit for driving of 0.5, Agence France-Presse reported.

He was then brought to a police station to face misdemeanor charges “after a period of sobering up,” a source told the French news agency.

Passengers on the flight said Depardieu appeared drunk and said he was desperate to use the bathroom during takeoff, which is, of course, prohibited.

In a statement issued on Depardieu’s behalf to French media, actor Edouard Baer – who was traveling with him on the flight – said he had passed the Golden Globe winner a bottle in which to urinate, but it had overflowed.